A New Study on Two Yellow Coffins at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN)
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The article focuses on the results obtained from the investigation of two yellow coffins in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN; inv. nos. 2344, 2348; 2341, 2347), which were sold to the Real Museo Borbonico by the traveller Giuseppe Picchianti in 1827.
Although first studied in 1989, a new and in-depth study on painting and typology of these objects was made in 2016 on the occasion of the rearrangement of the per- manent display. Starting with a detailed analysis and a precise description of the coffins, issues surrounding their provenance and chronology have now been updated. Furthermore, it was also necessary to investigate some unclear iconographical and structural details on the coffins, an examination that suggested, on the one hand an ancient reuse of one of the two coffins and, on the other hand, the possible production of both coffins by a possible common draftsman.
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A New Study on Two Yellow Coffins at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN)
In: Annali Sezione OrientaleSearch for other papers by Stefania Mainieri in
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Abstract
The article focuses on the results obtained from the investigation of two yellow coffins in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN; inv. nos. 2344, 2348; 2341, 2347), which were sold to the Real Museo Borbonico by the traveller Giuseppe Picchianti in 1827.
Although first studied in 1989, a new and in-depth study on painting and typology of these objects was made in 2016 on the occasion of the rearrangement of the per- manent display. Starting with a detailed analysis and a precise description of the coffins, issues surrounding their provenance and chronology have now been updated. Furthermore, it was also necessary to investigate some unclear iconographical and structural details on the coffins, an examination that suggested, on the one hand an ancient reuse of one of the two coffins and, on the other hand, the possible production of both coffins by a possible common draftsman.
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